Book description
The childhood of Louis Armstrong was as fascinating as the great
musician himself-and this chapter book biography tells it like never
before.
Play, Louis, Play!
is written from the point of view of Louis' closest companion
throughout his youth-his horn! In a jazz-inflected, exuberant voice,
this unusual narrator tells it all, starting with the small New Orleans
hock shop where little Louis bought his first trumpet for five
hard-earned dollars.
As Louis goes from a street quartet to the marching band of the Colored
Waif 's Home to the big sounds of New Orleans jazz clubs, author Muriel
Harris Weinstein creates a moving portrait of the jazz legend. Includes
a detailed author's note, glossary of jazz terms, and bibliography. I
have read dozens of books about Louis Armstrong and know that this one
is extra special. Muriel Harris Weinstein has done it again! MURIEL
HARRIS WEINSTEIN
s poems have appeared in The Comstock Review
, Nassau Review
, Kent State Review
, Nexus
, and many anthologies. She is the author of the picture book When
Louis Armstrong Taught Me Jazz
. She lives in New York.
FRANK MORRISON
is a renowned fine artist whose work was featured in Our Children
Can Soar
. He has lent his talents to many picture books, including Alex
Rodriguez s Out of the Ballpark
, Queen Latifah s Queen of the Scene
, and Brenda Roberts Jazzy Miz Mozetta
, for which he won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New
Talent. He lives in Georgia.
